Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “lynd” come from?

lynd (Middle English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *lundiju, from Proto-Germanic *lundō.

lynd (Middle English): Alternative form of lynde

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of lynde

Ancestry of “lynd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*lundiju—
2Proto-Germanic*lundō—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lundō →